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Locate position of hole | 2:
Press guide plate on to dry tile |
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| 3: Drill for a few seconds |
4: A socket forms. |
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Discard guide plate. Slot crown into socket. | 6:
Cool crown with a soaking wet sponge. |
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| 7: By holding sponge
underneath. Drill slowly. | 8:
Large holes take approx. 5 mins |
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| TIP: Hold a wet sponge UNDER the holesaw to cool it down, eliminate dust exposure for the insaller and collect the spoil so your tiles are spotless! Just rinse the dust laiden sponge into a bucket of water to remove it... |
| An elegant and simple way to easily drill holes without chipping or breaking hard tiles guaranteed. EASY..! |
This picture is of the hardest 300x600mm porcelain tile, not standard ceramic.
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This video is an 8 minute introduction to diamond core drills and holesaws
The
Video below shows the endurance of PORSADRILL in Porcelain, Granite, Slate &
Glass
Although it is long (8mins) we are told by professional installers they
will sit and watch it.
Quick (30 second) video on how to use a 365 Drills diamond holesaw drilling system
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OTHER TILE DRILLING METHODS (drilling with a fixed drill press)
* Maximum drill size 125mm
For a small outlay of £35 you can get a cheap bench top drill. This will you more control and must be used for sizes 70mm-125mm
In the picture below you can see everything set up outside so a hosepipe can trickle water over the tile. The drill is set to run at at its slowest rpm (520rpm). The diamond drill is placed in the chuck. Light pressure applied and the hole is formed.
This is the quality of hole that can be produced every time

Cutting very large holes is easy.More details here

You might be forgiven for thinking we sell bench drills - We don't! - Because they are too bulky to ship!
Help and advice are only a phone call or email away
But you can use other suppliers to buy this kit from.
You can click this hyperlink to go direct to screwfix (we have no affiliation to screwfix)
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term to use is [Drill Press]
For a little extra - professional installers might consider investing in a pillar drill with a wider throat. Here's why

All pillar drills including the cheap £35 pillar drill above will put a hole through a tile. But if you need the hole deeper into the tile you need a deeper throat clearance. So for a 300mm tile with a 150mm center you need a throat depth of about 190mm plus.

A good tiler can often plan the job around any type of drill.